Wednesday, September 10, 2014

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to Congress: “Whenever we can, we follow the law,”

During another grueling hearing on the ObamaCare rollout, the head of
the IRS tried to offer lawmakers an assurance about the soon-to-open
enrollment period.
“Whenever we can, we follow the law,” IRS
Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on
health on Wednesday.
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who leads the subcommittee, immediately expressed his concern with the remarks.
“I encourage you to follow the law in all instances,” Brady said.Koskinen, who was confirmed as head of IRS last December, has repeatedly faced lawmakers' ire over the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
Lawmakers
spent a majority of Wednesday's hearing grilling Koskinen and Andy
Slavitt, HealthCare.gov's fix-it man, on how they would verify that
consumers were providing correct income information as they signed up
for insurance subsidies.